I Heard It Through The Grapevine Tab

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     Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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Tabbed By : Robert Sizemore
e-mail: rks8207@uncw.edu
Artists: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Album: Chronicle/Cosmo's Factory
Song: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Tuning: Drop-D - DADGBE
 
I decided to do a more explicit tab of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". The song can
divided into 3 parts which I'll call intro, verse, and chorus. The intro is played as a
between the chorus/verse and as a bridge between the chorus/solo.
 
[Intro]
 
Guitar 1:
 
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--5~-5-8-5~-5~-8-7~------------------------------|
D|--0~-0-0-0~-0~-0~0~------------------------------|
 
Guitar 1 (Alternative, for different sound/more fun):
 
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-------------------------------|
G|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-------------------------------| x4
D|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-------------------------------|
A|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-------------------------------|
D|--0--0-3-0--0--3-2-------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2 (fade in after drums start):
 
    D5
E|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---------------------|
B|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---------------------|
G|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---------------------| x2
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
 
*Guitar 2's part in the intro is played 4 times for every repeated instance*
 
[Verse 1]
 
     D5                         A         G5
E|---5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-------------3~--3-3-3--3-3--|
B|---3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---2~--2-2---3~--3-3-3--3-3--|
G|---2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2~--2-2---0~--0-0-0--0-0--|
D|---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---2~--2-2---0~--0-0-0--0-0--| x2
A|------------------------------0~--0-0---x---x-x-x--x-x--|
D|----------------------------------------5~--5-5-5--5-5--|
 
    Bm          G5          D5          G5
E|--2-2--2-2-2--3-3--3-3-3--5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3---------|
B|--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3---------|
G|--4-4--4-4-4--0-0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0---------|
D|--4-4--4-4-4--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0---------|
A|--2-2--2-2-2--x-x--x-x-x--------------x-x--x-x-x---------|
D|--------------5-5--5-5-5--------------5-5--5-5-5---------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    D5                           G5
E|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
B|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
G|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----|
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----| x2
A|-------------------------------x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x----|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5----|
 
Too lazy/unskilled to tab the solo out...
 
Solo1: improvise in D-pentatonic
 
Solo2: D-pentatonic, D-blues
 
Song Structure:
 
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Intro
Verse 2
Chorus
Intro
Verse 3
Chorus
Intro
Solo 1 - Verse/Chorus/Intro/Verse
Chorus
Solo 2 - Chorus x 64 (very rough estimate, I didn't count)
Intro (fade out)
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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